Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday said her cousin Akash Anand has been removed as the party's national coordinator and her successor “in the larger interest of the party”.
Mayawati took to microblogging site X to announce the development. “I have declared Akash Anand as the BSP National Coordinator and my successor, but in the larger interest of the party and the movement, he is being separated from both these important responsibilities until he attains full maturity,” she tweeted.
“His (Akash Anand's) father, Anand Kumar, will continue to discharge his responsibilities in the party and the movement as before. Therefore, the BSP leadership will not hesitate to make any kind of sacrifice in the interest of the party and the movement and to support the caravan of Baba Saheb Dr. Ambedkar forward,” Mayawati's post added.
On April 28, a case of violation of the Model Code of Conduct was registered against BSP chief Mayawati's nephew Akash Anand and four others for allegedly using offensive language during a poll rally in Sitapur.
“This government is a bulldozer government and a government of traitors. The party that leaves the youth hungry and enslaves the old is a terrorist government. The Taliban is running such a government in Afghanistan,” the BSP leader said.
In his speech, Akash Anand also quoted a National Crime Records Bureau report of 16,000 kidnapping incidents in the state and accused the government of failing to provide security to women and children.
The BJP is a party of thieves who took plunder ₹16,000 crore through electoral bonds, he further claimed.
The case was registered against BSP national coordinator Anand, party candidates Mahendra Yadav, Shyam Awasthi and Akshay Kalra, and rally organizer Vikas Rajvanshi, Superintendent of Police (Sitapur) Chakresh Mishra.
The speech was delivered to incite violence and using unparliamentary language, in violation of the Model Code of Conduct, Mishra said.
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Published: May 7, 2024 9:59 PM IST